Michael Butten plays Fantasy on themes from Britten’s Gloriana | Siccas Media

Michael Butten plays Fantasy on themes from Britten’s Gloriana as part of our Siccas Media program (). Find your dream classical guitar on and check out to sell your guitar 😊 Born in Berkshire, Michael Butten studied at Junior Academy, where he twice won the Lower Strings Prize, before being awarded a scholarship at the Academy to continue his studies with Michael Lewin. In his first year he won the Julian Bream Prize, adjudicated by Julian Bream, and, when leaving the Academy he was awarded the David Russell prize. On completing his BMus degree with first class honours, he received from the Academy one of the Regency Awards for Notable Achievement and in June 2014, as a postgraduate with a scholarship from Help Musicians UK, he became the first guitarist ever to win the . Club Prize. Recent successes include; 2021 New Elizabethan Award Holder, 2nd Prize at the 2019 GFA International Concert Artist Competition, 1st pri